Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-11-24
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AsDury chapel located about six miles
east of Knoxville, on the Pela road, was
totally DESTROYED by fire Sunday morning,
Nov. 90 just after fire was kindled for
morning service. Sparks caught in the
roof. Their organ aud few seats were
saved. TWAS good frame building, and
the loss will not be less than So, 900.
The banks of Des Moines have organ.
lied clearing house and will begin to do
q regular clearing house business the LIST
OF December. Ten banks and some OF
the leading loan and trnst companies do.
ing banking business belong to the as.
sociation. Des Maines is the only city
in the State that has clearing house and
great interest is felt in seeing tho volume
Of It's business.
For some time past the Illinois Central
railroad has been negotiating to obtain
control of the Dunleth and Dubuque
bridge at Dubuque. On Saturday, Nov.
10, several Of the officers were there, and
offers were made to the Dubuque stock
holders, who own large portion of the
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what is known of the pool which controls
a majority of the stock. The price offer
ed was Sll5 per share, and the price asked
was $l25. II is now understood a number
the largest stock holdess signed an agree
ment to sell at 1920. The Central already
owns one fourth of the stock, and ii this
proposition is accepted it will obtain
enough of the stock to control the bridge
except as to the lease, whereby the Cen
trail guarantees $4,000 annually for run
ming its trains over the bridge. 1t is the
opinion among the lawyers that the con
| sent Of every stockholder will be necessary
| before the contract can be repealed
Stickney, who has been using the bridge
for the passage of his trains, refuses to
pay the eXorbitant prices asked by the
Central as the charter provided that
reasonable rates should be charged and
the rates to be paid by the Central he
claims are unreasonable. If through the
courts he can obtain lower rates the
bridge company will be compelled to
grant the same to the Central. 1t Is quite
probable the negotiations will end in the
Central obtaining control of the bridge.
John Collins. a laborer at Sioux City
while in state of intoxication, attempt-
ed to force an entrance to the store OF
I. w. Hopkins early on the morning OF
Nov. 10. Hopkins took him for bur
glar and fred the ball striking Collins in
the thigh and inflicting severe though
1t is not thought fatal wound
A young man named Fergus O'Connor
son of prominent farmer Of Richland
township Jackson county was found
hanging in his fathers barn on the morn
ing of Nov. 10. having evidently commit
ted suicide. Unfortunate land specula-
tons are thought to be the cause Of the
act He was twenty three years old and
of good character.
Charles Dickens and James Smith were
found in the Rock Island depot Mt Des
Moines. Nov. 10. and arrested for several
burglaries, one being committed in Peru,
Ill.,. Nov. 10, by which the Rock Island
suffered. Detective Murphy. of the road,
has been on their track and claims to
have enough evidence to send them to
Joliet .... s..
A serious shooting ARRAY occurred Nov.
1S in Doyl township. Osceola, between
G. G. Adkins two eldest sans and John
Coon. Both the former received the
contents of shot gun in the hands of
Coon. Elmer Adkins is seriously. il not
fatally wounded. The dispute arose over
partition fence.
The cook of the juneau club of Mil
waukee, says he can prove an alibi for
John Arensdorf, now on trial at Sioux
City, Iowa. for the murder of George c.
Haddock. He said he was cook in the
Shipard restaurant at Sioux City at the
time of the murder, and on the night of
the tragedy he served Arensdorf and some
companions with supper. He says that
when the fatal shot was fired Arensdorf
was throwing dice for the drinks at the
bar of the restaurant.
The Chicago Board Of Trade case was
decided in the United States Court at
Dubuque, Nov. 10. The suit was brought
by Bepsley Brothers. Chicago operators.
against n man named Pease for the
recovery of money lost by the latter in
an option deal. for which he had given
a promis'ory note Judge Shiras. after
hearing the evidence, dismissed the case
at plaintiffs cost. on tho grounds that
the latter had given no consideration to
the defendant. The Judge took the
ground that option dealing was species
of gambling and the sooner it was broken
up the better. He wouldn't even let the
case go to the jury.
A Denver dispatch. Noy. IS says: Ger
hart III. Milman, so years of age, COM
mitted suicide yesterday taking m 1rphine
owing to domestic troubles of which he
was the cause. For years he has been 4
unkind to his wife and children, who
would have become destitute had they
depended on him for support Mr. and
Mrs. Milman spent their youth at Bellevue
near Dubuque, Iowa He is said to have
been the son of wealthy farmer, and
his boyhuod life had been one of com
parative ease. When married he was 81
and she was II. She did not wish to
marry him but friends and relatives
persuaded her to accept him, as he was
rich. They moved from lows to Kansas,
where he was unsuccessful, and then
came to Colorado. where no better for
tune awaited him. He became dissipated
and when informed yesterday by his
wife that she intended to apply for
divorce he committed suicide.
Iowa Is now The second State in railway
mileage, with 1897 miles. Illinois being
the first with 9.579 Pennsylvania and
New York third and fourth with 1917
and 7,466.
A kiln of brick recently burned at
Council Bluffs contained 100000 brick
and was the largest ever burned in that